The spill from a sunken Iranian tanker off China's east coast has spawned four oil slicks as authorities prepared to send robots to the wreckage to assess the environmental damage. Source: AFP | 2018/1/18 23:03:41

Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2018 shows a skyscraper shrouded in fog in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's national observatory on Wednesday continued a yellow alert for heavy fog in some northern and eastern regions. Thick fog will sweep parts of Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei and Hunan provinces from Wednesday morning, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC). Source: Xinhua | 2018/1/18 8:09:54

China's transport ministry said on Wednesday that they have located Sanchi, the Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea on Sunday, and that an underwater robot will carry out further investigation. Source: Global Times - Agencies | 2018/1/17 23:23:40

Liu Yinchuan may well have paid the ultimate price for his thirst for adventure. The adventurer had written in a WeChat post that his hiking expedition into the Changtang Nature Reserve in the Tibet Autonomous Region would last about 60 days. "If I don't turn up before December 20, 2017, please wait for me for another ten days. If I don't come out on January 1, please don't search for me. Please remember I have only one belief: to stay alive!"
Source: Global Times | 2018/1/17 17:48:40

The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Tuesday told the government of east China's Fujian Province that it was concerned about the lack of control over pollution near its shore. Source: Xinhua | 2018/1/17 8:01:46

The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Monday criticized the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for its failure to control pollution and supervise land reclamation along its coast. Source: Xinhua | 2018/1/16 8:26:08

The sinking of the oil tanker the Sanchi on Sunday, which had burned for more than a week in the East China Sea, is the worst possible outcome, say experts who are concerned the submerged oil could have a severe impact on marine life. Source: Global Times | 2018/1/14 22:38:40

A total of 248 heavily polluting companies in north China's Hebei Province have been relocated from main urban areas since 2013 in the province's fight against smog. Source: Xinhua | 2018/1/12 14:20:13